Statewide AmeriCorps Members to be Sworn in for Year of Service to West Virginia

More than 160 AmeriCorps members from across the state will be sworn in Friday in the auditorium of the West Virginia Culture Center at 2pm. The ceremony marks the beginning of a year of service throughout the state and the culmination of several days of training to prepare the members for service. AmeriCorps engages West…

First Unity Walk Celebration expected to draw hundreds of MU students

Hundreds of Marshall University students are expected to gather on the Huntington campus on Wednesday, Oct. 24, to take part in the first We Are … Family! Unity Walk Celebration. Maurice Cooley, director of the Center for African American Students’ Programs, said the event was created to give all Marshall students the opportunity to come…

Justin Morris Receives NASA Early Career Honor Award

The IV&V Program tasked one of its young engineers Justin Morris with establishing an adaptable test environment that would enable the dynamic analysis of system software behaviors for multiple NASA missions. Morris, a graduate of WVU, joined NASA as an intern and then was selected to become a CO-OP, a pipeline to becoming a civil…

Robert Inscoe Named 2012 IV&V Engineer of the Year

NASA’s IV&V Program named Robert Inscoe as the recipient of the 2012 IV&V Engineer of the Year award. Bob is a senior analyst on the Command and Control (C&C) IV&V team for the International Space Station (ISS) project, responsible for analysis tasks on multiple ISS CSCIs. Inscoe generated three Software Change Requests (SCRs) describing software…

Fourth International Workshop on IV&V Held at West Virginia University

The Fourth Annual International Workshop on Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) of Software was held at West Virginia University’s Erikson Alumni Center in Morgantown, W.Va. September 11-13, 2012. Offering an understanding of the challenges that V&V organizations face assuring that system software operates safely and reliably, the event is designed to generate solutions by including…

Application process begins for Graduate Scholarship Tuition Waivers

Applications are now being accepted for the Marshall University Graduate Scholarship Tuition Waiver program for the spring 2013 semester, according to Dr. Donna Spindel, dean of the Graduate College. The program provides tuition assistance for Marshall University graduate students and Marshall University full-time faculty and staff employees. Applicants must be currently admitted and enrolled in…